Manifolding salesman&#39;s check.



E. z. LEWIS. MANIFOLDING SALESMAN'S CHECK.

APPLICATION FILE D DEO.12, 1910.

Patented Oct. 1, 1912.

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.E. z. LEWIS. MANIPOLDING SALESMANS GHECK.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.12, 1910.

Patented Oct. 1, 1912.

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MANIFOLDING SALESMAN'S OHEGK;

AfPLIGATION FILED DEC. 12, 1910..

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1 Patented Oct. 1, 1912' UNITED STATES:

PATENT onruon.

EDWARD Z. LEWIS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE GENERAL MANIFOLD-AND PRINTING COMPANY, OF FRANKLIN, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OFPENNSYLVANIA.

Specification of MANI FOLDINGSALESMANS CHECK.

Letters Patent. Patented'0ct.1, 1 912.

Application filed I Jecember 12, 1910. Serial No. 596,923.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, EDWARD Z. LEWIS, a. citizen of he ,United' -States,and'a resident of Chicago, int-he county of Cookand State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ManifoldingSalesmen s Checks; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and tothe letters ofreference marked thereon,which form a part of. this specification.

This invention relates to a manifolding salesmans check and the objectof the in-. ve'ntion'is to provide a check constructed in such a waythat it is not only adapted for the production of the usual original andcarbon copies of the same, but is also adapted to produce in inscribingthe original bill an indestructible record of the bill which cannot betampered with without detection and upon which will be reproducedwhatever is written upon the original bill including. any changes oralterations made thereon. v I

The invention relates to the-same kind of salesnians check as that shownand described in Letters Patent No. 972,551, issued to me on October11th, 1910, and, as shown and described herein, is applied to a checkfor meal service and more particularly .to thechecks used on diningcars. In said check form there is provided an original check uponwhichthe order is written, two or more cooks checksunderlying said originalcheck, upon which carbon impressions are made of what is written on thebill, and a hacker or card to which all of 'the parts are attached.Means are provided between the original check and the cooks checks toproduce carbon impressions onthe latter, and after the order is writtenon the original the carbon copy of the same is torn out and sentto thecook. In case additional orders I are written there remains anothercooks check or slip which will receive a carbon reproduction of what isadded to the bill. After .this is j detached the,'total is written onthe original which is reproduced on the card. V

The invention relates specifically to the construction of the originalcheck. In the drawings :"Figure 1 shows my 'improved check with'partstorn away or turned up to disclose the underlying sheets.

Fig. 2 is a section through the check on the line 2+2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3is a section onjtheline 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. i is a perspective view ofthe original check showing parts torn away. Fig. 5 is a plan view of thesheet containing the original check, before it is folded. Fig. 6 is aperspective view illu strating the manner in which the carbon B, C, theduplicate checks which are herein I referred to as cooks checks; and D,the cardboard hacker to which said several checks are attached. Asillustrated in the drawings, each of the checks is printed as usual withany desired items and with such other printed matter as is called for bythe particular use towhich thecheck is to be put.

The original check A is a composite check and comprises a sheet Acontaining an original and a record check and an interfolde'd carbonsheet A Thestrip or sheet of paper A (see Fig. 5), in one direction, isequal to the height of the check and in a direction at right anglesthereto is equal to twice the Width of the check. Said sheet is dividedinto two sections a a which are defined by means of a line ofperforations. or of scoremarks m to permit the :ready,,foldingof'onesect-ion upon the other. Upon the obverse side of one section, theright hand section (1: as shown in the drawings, is printed an originalcheck form A", while upon the reverse side of the other section a thatis to say upon the side of the sheet A opposite the side upon which theoriginal check form appears, is printed a duplicatecopy-or record A ofthe original check, as shown in dotted lines-in'Fig. 5, this form beingarranged so that when the section a is folded under the section a, theoriginal check and With .the sheet A is int-erfolded a carh h ,luplicatc check will register with eac ot er.

hon sheet A (seeFigs. 4 and 6) havinga \carbon surface onboth sides.Said carbon,

line a to term sections a a, each of which of substantially the width ofthe sections u oi the sheet A? and of a. length somewhat less than thatof said sections (4 When intertoldcd with the sheet A the section (4* ofthe carbon sheet Ailies between the sections a and a of the sheet Awhile the section a oi? the carbon sheet lies beneath the section a ofsaid sheet A After being intertolded as described, the sheet A and thecarbon sheet A are permanently stitched together along the top andbottom of the printed form A. as indicated at a, a The original check Aand the two duplicate checks B, (l are then secured to the card backerl) by means of staples (Z, (Z, or in any "h r convenient manner.

it will be apparent that in the assembled manifolding check the carbonsheet section 41?, which is on the underside of the original check A,will, in the first instance, come in contact with the uppermost cookscheck l3 and, after said cooks check is detached,

in contact with the one next underneath it,-

C, and that when this is torn out, said carbon section comes in contactwith the card or backer D.

As shown herein, the sections a and a of the folded sheet A are providedbelow the forms A, .A with parts a a which extend below the carbon sheetsections a a and upon which. are printed punch checks a a. printed withitems of dollars and cents. The part a containing the punch check a ismade detachable from the composite check A by means of a line of perforations a, and after the composite check has been. punched to indicatethe total amount of the bill, this part a is detached and handed to thepurchaser as a receipt.

The amount punched is indicated on the punch check a which remainsattached to the record check section a The advantages of my improvedmanifolding salesmans check are apparent from the above description. Anunalterable record of whatever is written on the original section isproduced on the record check section. It is impossible to get at thisrecord check section toalter or change any item without tearing thecheck along the stitching lines. I i

In the check above described the only way that the check might betampered with would be by inserting a card between the original checksection and the record check section. which would prevent the itemswritten on the original. check section from being duplicated on therecord check. section. This would be oi little moment, h -rcrer, for thereason that it would also prevent the order from being duplicated on thecooks check. Nevcrthelcs in order to prevent such possiblit-y l providethe modification illustrated in Figs. 7 to 9.

In this construction the lines of stitching a, (1

composite check A is made as b' ore by intert'olding a sheet E with acarbon sheet E and the printing and-arrangementof the parts are ineveryway the same as in the case first described, except that the fold line mof the sheet E is located on the r ght, and the fold line :0 of thecarbon sheet, on the left. Thetwo sheets are then permanently stitchedtogether by a vertical line of stitching 3 which connects the top andbottom This permanently incloses the record sheet on all, sides andprevents the insertion ofa card to prevent the order written on theoriginal check section from being reproduced on the record checksection. By arranging the fold lines of the sheet E and of the carbonsheet E in the manner described, the vertical line of stitching islocated on the left so as not to come within the column in which theitems oi cost of the articles ordered are written.

I claim as my invention 1. A manifolding salesmans check C0111- prising,in combination with a suitable backer and one or more detachableduplicate check forms, a composite check consisting of a single piece ofpaper folded to form an outer original check section and record checksection lying beneath said original check section, and a carbon sheetinterfoldcd with said check forming sheet, having one section locatedbetween said original and record check sections, and a second sectionlocated beneath said record chechsection, the parts of said compositecheck including said original and record check sections and saidinter-folded carbon sheet being permanently stitched together at the topand bottom thereof, and means for securing said checks to'said backer.

2. A manifolding salesmans check comprising, in combination with asuitable backer and one or more detachable duplicate check forms, acomposite check consisting of a single piece of paper folded to form anouter original check section and a record check sect-ion lying beneathsaid original check section, and a carbon sheet interfolded with saidcheck forming sheet, having one section located between said originaland record check sections, and a second section located beneath saidrecord check section, the parts of said composite check beingpermanently stitched together at the top and bottom thereof, and alongthe side margin formed by the free edges of said sheet.

3. A composite record check comprising a sheet of paper folded in twosections, an original check section and a record check section, and acarbon sheet folded in two sections, said sheet ct paper and carbonsheet being inte? olded with a carbon sec tion between saio original andrecord sections and a carbon section under said record check section,the parts of said composite check being permanently at the top andbottom thereof. I

ATA- composi't' record check comprising a sheet of paper folded in twosections an original check section and a record-check section, and acarbon sheetiolded -in two sections, said sheet of paper and carbonsheet being interfolded with a carbon'section between said original andrecord sections and a carbonsect-ion under said record check section,the parts of said composite check beingpermanently stitched together atthe top and bottom and along the side margin formed by the free edges ofsaid sheet.

5. A manifolding salesman s chack comprising, in combination, a suitablebacker and one or more detachable duplicate check forms, a compositechecl': consisting of a single piece of paper folded to form an outeroriginal check section and a record stitched together tom' and along-thesidein'ar 4 said backer.

check sectionlying beneath said original check section, transferringmeans inter-.

posed between said original check section and said record check sectlon,and transfer- .ring means inter osed between said record check sectionan said detachable duplicate check iorms, said composite check includingsaid -original-and record check sections.

and said transferring means being permanently stitched together atthetop and bot- I formed by the free edges of said fol sheet, and means forsecuring said several parts to T. H. ,ALFREDS.

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